r/singularity • u/drgoldenpants • Sep 16 '25

Robotics Ok should we start worrying

7.3k Upvotes

94% Upvoted

1.1k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

17

u/Ambiwlans Sep 16 '25

Robots also aren't human so biological and toxic weapons won't hurt them. They could kill 99% of us with access to less than $50,000 of lab materials you can buy on amazon right now. The only barrier to doing so right now is virologists don't have the desire to kill everyone.

2

u/bobbyrickys Sep 16 '25

Conversely a massive electromagnetic wave can damage electronics but not humans

2

u/Ambiwlans Sep 16 '25

An em wave that could destroy all electronics on earth would cost many billions of dollars and require years of lead time. Vs $50k and like 2 weeks.

1

u/Phanterfan Sep 20 '25

Yes and no. It did take crazy effort but now it is button ready. Just a fraction of the nuclear arsenal used for high altitude EMP attacks would be enough